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Mithu Datta

Mithu Datta

Product leader focused on geospatial and data platforms

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New Providence, New Jersey
Joined December 2025
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Summary

Geospatial-first product leader: Mithu's career traces a clear geospatial/GIS throughline — from being the GIS Specialist at Stanford's Spatial History Project (supporting georeferencing and historical GIS) to product roles focused on location intelligence at Information Builders, and later product ownership of geospatial/data platform work at Syngenta. This background shows domain expertise in GIS, spatial data workflows, and building mapping-enabled products. stanford+2
Technical product management with IP output: While at Verizon (technical product manager), Mithu is named as a co‑inventor on multiple patents related to visual positioning and indoor wayfinding, indicating hands‑on involvement in technical/location platform work that led to formal IP. google+1
Bridges research and applied product work: Early academic/research work (Spatial History Project) combined with later enterprise product roles suggests strength in translating research/technical spatial methods into production mapping and data platform products. stanford+1
Regionally based in New Jersey with local community ties: Public records and community contributions place Mithu in New Providence, NJ, and show participation in local and online community forums (e.g., CareerVillage answers), indicating local roots alongside a career spanning academic, telecom, and agri‑tech employers. officialusa+2

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Education

Writing

Systems and methods for aiding a visual positioning system with indoor wayfinding (granted patent)

January 23, 2024

Granted U.S. patent (listed inventor) related to visual positioning and indoor wayfinding (see patent family / granted documents).

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Systems and methods for aiding a visual positioning system with indoor wayfinding (patent)

May 1, 2022

Patent (co‑inventor) covering using machine learning and visual positioning techniques to enable/aid indoor wayfinding by distinguishing movable and fixed objects and improving VPS accuracy.

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How to Create a Configuration XML for WebFOCUS Flex Map Viewer Using the ESRI Configuration

May 21, 2012

Technical article describing configuration XML and integration between the WebFOCUS GIS Adapter and ESRI ArcGIS Server to enable mapping interfaces for WebFOCUS.

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Hobbies

Active participant in regional South Asian / Bengali community organizations and temple membership lists in New Jersey. yumpu